the average human has 350 times the lead in their body
than people of 19th century and earlier. And that's just one unavoidable toxin, there's microplastics everywhere in the air and water, dioxins, nitrogen monoxide, and whole bunch of shitty particulate matter and volatiles in the air. And then all sorts of cosmic radiation that might just fuck up the wrong bit of dna at the wrong moment. Even if he doesn't have any of thousands of genetic risk factors that kick in in old age, he'll accumulate unrepairable genetic damage and age and die just like the rest of us Being alive is bad for your health
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 15 Sep 2023, 0:25,
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Evolution has come up with ways to deal with that onslaught of life. He only needs to become a whale or a Greenland shark (not sure that identifying as one would help). This is a great read about many other options: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547178/methuselahs-zoo/
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Fri 15 Sep 2023, 11:06,
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Greenland sharks look their age
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 16 Sep 2023, 6:08,
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